Congressional negotiators largely back the Pentagon's acquisition overhaul but are wary of DoD's push for additional budget flexibility.

With stricter DoD oversight, automation is becoming critical for defense contractors seeking faster, scalable, and ...

What Is the New Strategy? On January 9th, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its Artificial Intelligence ...

The defense acquisition system has been in a near-constant state of reform for the past several decades. This observation is ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) procures its weapon systems through the defense acquisition system (DAS), which typically determines the process by which DOD develops and buys goods and services from ...

Prime contractors need to move beyond time-and-materials contracts and embrace outcome-based models that lean on artificial intelligence and commercial practices, according to the Pentagon's top ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo this week requiring defense acquisition offices to use the Software Acquisition Pathway and other authorities to buy software. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) ...

Katie Arrington, a major voice on cybersecurity issues at the Pentagon, is leaving the Defense Department for a new job at quantum computing firm IonQ, following efforts to move forward the ...

On September 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a final rule that will shake up cybersecurity compliance for DoD contractors. The new rule formally incorporates the Cybersecurity ...

On September 10, 2025, the US Department of Defense (Department of Warhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restoring-the-united-states-department ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the secretary of defense to submit within 60 days a plan to reform the Department of Defense’s acquisition process as part of efforts to ...

Is PLTR's profitable scale a safer defense AI bet, or does BBAI's high-risk play offer greater upside potential?